The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability and a coccyx disability, both found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with levoscoliosis.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 examiner provided evidence that the claimed disabilities are likely the result of the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with levoscoliosis, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disability, coccyx disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25004974
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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